Do you ever have a stressed, overwhelmed, ready to throw your hands up and give up kind of day? I had one last week. We’re having some major issues with Evan and the pressures of that, work, and life got to me. Even when you know a bunch of productivity and stress management strategies, it…
When you were a kid and people asked you what you wanted to do for a living, chances are at one point you said you wanted to be a firefighter (I know I did). You’re a grown up now, and I’m willing to bet that only a handful of people reading this post are actually…
Have you ever been in the middle of a task and all of a sudden, SQUIRREL! You get completely distracted and thrown off track? Unfortunately, it happens to me all the time. My good friend Maura Thomas recently wrote an amazing book, Personal Productivity Secrets. In it she explains that many of us have gotten…
What if you could ask three questions that could transform your professional relationships? They aren’t magic, but they are pretty close to it. If it’s true, and I believe that it is, that we train people how to treat us, then these questions will not only train people how to treat you, but it allows…
Have you ever gotten a voicemail where you couldn’t understand the name of the person leaving the message, or the phone number was rattled off so fast you had to listen multiple times just to try to catch each number? Or maybe it’s the drive-by at your cubicle or office with uninvited guests that ends…